Resilient heel and anchoring-washer therefor.



1. H.ABROWN.

RESILIENT HEEL AND IANCHORING WASHER THEREFOR. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 29."!917.

Patented June 11, 1918.

JOHN H. BROWN, or cmcneo, rumors. 7

' Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed March 29, 1917. Serial No. 158,418.

To all whom it may concern :1

Be it known that 1, JOHN H. BROWN, a cltizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Resilient Heels and Anchoring-WVashers Therefor, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to resilient shoe heels and the anchoring washers therefor, and has as its object to provide a shoe heel of the resilient type with anchoring washers I designed to serve not only as anchoring means in attaching the heel lift to the leather lifts of the shoe but also as a means for prolonging the life of the resilient heel lift by preventing wear of the resilient lift.

The invention also aims to provide in a resilient heel lift, anchoring washers which will serve also as a means designed to prevent slipping of the heel upon slippery surfaces without, however, any likelihood of marring the finish of polished floors or catching in carpets and the like.

Another aim of the invention is to provide an anchoring washer for resilient heel lifts possessing the above-mentioned characteristics and so 4 arranging the washer within the heel lift that the washer may yield or float when the wear and anti-slipping elements thereof are brought into engagement with a hard or non-yielding surface.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the heel lift embodying the present invention, portions of the lift being broken away to illustrate the arrangement of the washers therein and one of the washers being shown in section;

Fig. 2 is a detail vertical sectional view through the heel lift and washers;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the washers, and

Fig. 4. is a plan view of the which the washer is formed;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view illustratmg a slight modification of the invention.

In the drawings the resilient heel l ft which is molded from rubber or materlal of a suitable composition is indicated by the numeral 1. The anchoring preferably formed from a blank of the outline shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings and the said washer comprises a circular body portion 2 having a central opening 3, the

blank from washer 18.

-its members separated from body being provided at its periphery with a number of prongs 4, which in the blank areradial to the said body andwhich are struck down so as to form an annular-series of wearing elements which extend below the body. portion 2 of the washer and extend at right angles with relation to the plane of the said body portion of the Washer. WVhen molding the heel lift these washers are arranged. within the mold in the same manner as the ordinary washers with the points of the members 4 presented toward that wall ofthe mold chamber which is to define the tread surface of the lift. These Washersare ordinarily supported upon pegs within the mold chamber and these pegs" produce in the finished heel lift openings 5 and 6 which are axially alined and which open respectively through the upper and tread surfaces of the lift, the opening. 6 being of greater diameter than the opening 5 to receive the head of the securing nail and the opening 5 receiving the shank of the said nail. By reference to Fig. 2 of the drawings it will be observed that the lower end of the opening 5 registers with the opening in the washer body 2 and that, consequently, when the securing nails are driven through the openings 5 and 6 and into the leather lift of the heel, the heads of the nails will occupy a position at the upper ends of the openings and against the undersides of the washer bodies. It will also be observed that the points of the members 4: are initially presented at or in other words, flush with the tread slzface' of the resilient or similar material the .washers upwardly with relation to .the heads of the securing nails, or in other words, may float so that. the lower ends of the members 4; may recede with the tread surface of the lift.

It will be understood. that in molding the heel lift the rubber or other material,-will fill the spaces between the members 4 and some of the material will lie' within each series of the said members as .well as outwardly beyond the members. Thus any forheel lift. As the-lift of rubber may move Patented une1'1; 1918. a

ward, rearward, or lateral pull exerted upon the lower ends of any ofthe washers will not result in the washer being torn loose on the body of the heel lift in which they are embedded which, however, would be llkely to occur if the washers, and, their members the portion of 4 were not completely embedded in the heel lift. V a

From the foregoingdescription of the in vention it willlbe understood that not only do the Washers serve the purpose of anchoring members but that the members 4; serve also to prevent slipping of the heel upon slippery surfaces and tend to prevent wear of the tread of the heel. It will also be understood that inasmuch as the Washers may float or yield when the tread surface of the bee comes in contact with a hard or nonyielding surface, the pointed ends of the member 4 will not be likely to mar the finish ofa polished floor nor will a metallic sound result froi'nvwalking upon concrete or me- Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

As a new article of manufacture, a resilient heel lift having an anchoring washer embedded therein, the said washer comprising a body formed centrally with an opening and provided at its periphery with a series of spurs projecting substantially at right angles from the underside of the said body, the material of the lift entering between the said spurs and the said lift being -molded with an opening extending from its tread surface to the under side of the body of the washer to receive the head of a fastening element to be driven through the said opening in the body of the washer, the ends of the spurs being presented at the said tread surface of the lift.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature.

Jenn n. BROWN. 1,. 8. 

